Make choice of a bud ; insert the knife from half 
to three quarters of an inch below it, and take one 
third of the substance of the branch with the bud : 
turn out the knife at the same distance above it, 
separating" a piece similar to the representation. 
Take the piece thus cut off, and separate the wood 
from the bark, nearly to the root of the bud, in the 
direction represented ; afterwards, commence at the 
other end of the piece, and in like manner carefully 
remove the woody part entirely. 
The Bark thus detached may now be called the 
shield ; which should have the root of the bud full 
within it ; but any little fibrous shive of the wood 
attached to the base of the bud, as represented, would 
prevent a ready union of the bud and stock. 
The whole being thus perfect, make a cross cut, 
as in the annexed engraving, about half way round 
the branch that is to receive the bud ; also another cut 
longitudinally, an inch and a half long ; and with the 
thin ivory haft of a budding knife raise the bark, 
to admit the shield beneath it. 
Then quickly insert the shield, leaving a small 
portion of the top of it above the cross cut, as shown 
opposite, which part must be cut off exactly over the 
cross cut, as indicated by the spotted line in the 
engraving, so that the end of the shield will be made 
to meet the bark of the branch. 
This last operation should be exact, because the 
union of the stem bark with the shield first takes 
place at the cross cut. The whole should now be 
closely tied, as represented, with a little soft bass or 
matting that has been previously soaked in water, 
and the operation will be complete. 
Ho: t. Kew. 2, v. 3, 258. 
